STRESS AND DEHABUDDHI: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

The stimuli come from external or internal environment. If these are troublesome; then these are called VYADHI in Sanskrit. In Ayurveda these are classified holistically into ADHYATMIK, ADI DAIVIK and ADI BHAUUTIK. Thus physiological and pathological are ADHYATMIK, the psychological and para-psychological are ADI DAIVIK and the physical stimuli such as heat, cold, accidents, physical assaults, war wounds etc are called ADI BHAUUTIK.

Their impact on brain, autonomic and somatic nerves, endocrine secretions, metabolism and the other cellular activities (both at unconscious and conscious levels); produces physical, metabolic, endocrine and neuro psychiatric disorders and/or lust, craving, petty pleasures, guilt, fear, suffocation, pride, repentance and misery!

Together this is called STRESS, which prevents of our blossoming into our true self! We yield to this stress because of DEHABUDDHI, i.e. our involvement in our body consciousness.

Reading, analysis, imagination, discussions, explanations, experimentations with various techniques and procedures can only build our convictions. Also; practice of different rites and rituals can give us some satisfaction and solace. Moreover; physical pleasures and material provisions also have their role in pacifying us temporarily.

But; NAMASMARAN involves riding over these floods of extremely rapid tornados of stimuli; and their invisible and deceptive; yet harmful; metabolic, endocrine and neuro-physiological (and pathological) effects! This is victory over DEHABUDDHI!

This �upward� impetus, evolutionary transformation, conscious sublimation or freedom; obviously involves enormous inner empowerment through connection with the true self or cosmic self!

Isn�t the awareness of �past� and �future�; the function of neuro-physiological (and pathological) effects of physiological stimuli?

Doesn�t the �living in present�; actually imply living beyond �time� by actually being (cognition, affect and conation); beyond the impacts of physiological sensations?

Isn�t this a supra-physiological plane of existence?

Isn�t such living equivalent to being in �causal� plane; by going beyond the level of �effects�?

Is this not �going beyond MAYA�, �going to one�s own core� �going to the center of universe�, or �going beyond time�?

Isn�t this the same as STHITAPRAJNA? Isn�t this associated with the blissful cosmic romance; benevolent to the universe? Is this not the conquest of DEHABUDDHI and the dawn of HOLISTIC RENAISSANCE?

It is for us to find out the answer!